A Hand-book of post-mortem examinations and of morbid anatomyW. Wood & Company, 1872 - 376 pages |
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Page 295 - They are most frequently found in the knee ; next in order of frequency in the elbow, hip, ankle, shoulder, and maxillary joints. They may be single or in hundreds. Their size varies from that of a pin's head to that of the patella. They are polypoid, rounded, egg-shaped, or almondshaped ; their surface is smooth or faceted, or rough and mulberry-like. They are composed of fibrous tissue, cartilage, and bone in various proportions. These bodies are formed by hyperplasia of the synovial tufts and...
Page 299 - Delafield, under the name of pyaemia are commonly understood several different conditions, giving rise to different lesions : 1. Septicaemia. — In this, some portion of the body is in a condition of gangrene; that is, the tissues are not only dead but decomposing, with the evolution of gases, the softening and liquefaction of the solid parts, and the development of minute organisms, either animal or vegetable. The gangrenous fluids thus produced are, apparently, absorbed by the lymphatics and blood-vessels,...
Page 231 - A sac is formed by the projection of the anterior wall of the rectum and the posterior wall of the vagina.
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Page 15 - ... dislocated, so that its convex surface faces the abdominal wall, and its posterior edge is turned upward against the diaphragm. The stomach is situated in the left hypochondriac and epigastric regions, extending also into the right hypochondrium; it lies in part against the anterior wall of the abdomen, in part beneath the liver and diaphragm, and above the transverse colon. Its anterior surface, which is directed upward and forward, is in contact above with the diaphragm and the under surface...
Page 163 - ABNORMITIES OF THE PERITONEUM. § 1. Defect and Excess of Formation. — Arrest of development in the peritoneal sac occurs in the shape of fissure in the mesial line, or external to it ; in the case of the diaphragm being absent, of a fusion with the pleura ; as defective development of the mesentery at various points, as defective development or complete absence of several other folds, the omentum, the appendices of the omentum, as deficiencies in these parts, &c. Excess of development frequently...
Page 85 - ... from the size of a pin's head to that of a pea ; scattered through a large body of sand or clay ; and in this state it is called by the Mandingoes sanoo munko,